Juned Patel

A nuclear engineer and his wife have been arrested in West Virginia on charges of espionage and selling restricted data. The couple sold classified information regarding the designs of nuclear-powered warships to an individual they believed to represent a foreign nation for almost a year. However, the contact was an undercover United States Federal Bureau …

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Esports, gaming and interactive media investment platform Bitkraft VC has established a $75-million token fund for investing in blockchain gaming and digital entertainment. The fund uses a “stage-agnostic” strategy, meaning that it will put money in companies and startups at any business development stage. Apart from equity investment, the token fund will also invest in cryptocurrencies and …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The chief minister of New Delhi on Saturday warned of a looming power crisis in the Indian capital of 20 million people due to coal shortages, which have already triggered electricity cuts in some eastern and northern states. Arvind Kejriwal said he had urged the federal government of Prime Minister Narendra …

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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticise Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) as a threat to democracy, saying the social media giant fails to protect against the spread of hate and disinformation and is “biased against facts”. The veteran journalist and head of Philippine news site Rappler …

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(BTC) returned to beat the week’s four-month highs on Oct. 8, climbing $2,000 in two hours. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting just over $56,150 on Bitstamp in a fresh show of bullish momentum.

The old saying, “If you can’t beat them, join them” seems to be gaining traction within the traditional banking sector in regards to cryptocurrencies. On Monday of this week, Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) announced that it will be initiating research coverage of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for large investors and analysts – issuing its first research report on …

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CELR price surged to over +23%. Bitcoin trades above $54K. The crypto world continues to impress its investors with its slowly but surely rise from its bearish position in the past months. In fact, the total crypto market cap of the whole crypto space is now over $2.4 trillion, with a growth rate of +1% in …

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By Abhirup Roy and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s Zee Entertainment is locked in a legal battle with one of its biggest foreign investors, Invesco, after it called for ouster of the TV network’s CEO citing concerns around corporate governance. Zee has said it has tightened its governance processes. But the dispute comes at …

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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticise Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) as a threat to democracy, saying the social media giant fails to protect against the spread of hate and disinformation and is “biased against facts”. The veteran journalist and head of Philippine news site Rappler …

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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland on Saturday cut its budget deficit forecast for the year to 3.1% of gross domestic product from a forecast it made three months ago of 5.1% thanks to lower-than-expected spending and strong tax receipts and economic growth. The government had indicated in recent weeks that it expected to cut its deficit …

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